Caterpillars on strawberry leaves

[Penellype]

I noticed some rather odd features to my strawberry leaves today:



Several of the leaves are folded and crispy, and there are also some sliky threads on some of them like the ones in the leaf above the folded one. There are also large chunks missing, which I had previously put down to probable slugs. I found a greyish-green caterpillar nestling under the silky threads, but unfortunately in my attempt to extract him I dropped him into the pot

I think this is strawberry leafroller, which is a small brown moth with caterpillars that do this sort of thing. Anyone else got these?

[Two_Sheds]

apart from that, I think your strawberries are too shady? I can see a big conifer next to them....?

[catgirl]

I keep seeing things exactly like that on my chard plants, but the last time I decided to dig into the silky bits to see what was behind it a whopping great spider came running out at me. So basically I'm never doing that again!

[Penellype]

apart from that, I think your strawberries are too shady? I can see a big conifer next to them....?

Yes, most of my veg growing area is very shady. These have been moved out of the almost 24/7 shade into the afternoon sun, so they are better off than the leeks, rhubarb, cabbages, carrots, lettuces and spinach. I don't think the shade is too much of an issue, but the caterpillars may be.